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Careproctus aculeolatus Andriashev, 1991

Small-spine snailfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Careproctus: Greek, kara = face + Greek, proktos = anus (Ref. 45335); aculeolatus: Named for the spiny armament of the body ('aculeolus' = small spine).
More on author: Andriashev.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 540 - 700 m (Ref. 30823). Deep-water

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Southwest Atlantic: off southern Argentina to southeast of the Falkland Islands.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.4 cm TL (female)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 43; Anal soft rays: 36 - 37; Vertebrae: 48. Peritoneum light colored. Caudal rays 10. Rad. Pect. 3, rounded, without notches. Pleural ribs absent. Hypural plate single with longitudinal fissure. Opercular lobe very thin, transparent. Gill opening extends to the 8th ray of pectoral fin. Skin with very small, sparse bundles of needlelike spines. Pyloric caeca almost tubercle-like. Anterior mandibular pores very close to each other. Head 27-28% SL; anteanal distance 42.5-45% SL (Ref. 41400).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Andriashev, A.P., 1998. A review of recent studies of Southern Ocean Liparidae (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes). Cybium 22(3): 255-266. (Ref. 30823)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 3.3 - 4.1, mean 3.4 °C (based on 7 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00457 (0.00208 - 0.01002), b=3.17 (2.99 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).